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Spalding Town 3rd earned a thrilling nine-run victory over Grantham 4th in their South Lincs and Border League Division Two opener on Saturday. Invited to bat first by their hosts, Town made a cautious start but reached 64-1 with Chris Green batting fluently. Green was then run out in farcical circumstances – and in the same over further calamity struck ...

Pat Rayment has promised a massive summer revamp after seeing his Spalding United side miss out on the Evo-Stik League First Division South play-offs. The Tulips were soundly beaten 3-0 at Romulus on Saturday, with goals from Joel Grandison (25 and 89) and Jordan Francis (86) doing the damage at Coles Lane. That allowed Sutton Coldfield and Gresley to take ...

A busy night for the Spalding and District League (sponsored by Vital Recruitment) saw 42 games played across five individual competitions and four titles decided. Some 27 members entered the Division One, Division Two, veterans’, ladies’ and junior events – with many playing in two of them. The junior title was the first to be decided while the main draws ...

A Josh Ford hat-trick steered Pinchbeck United Sunday to their own slice of history at the weekend. The prolific striker starred at Sincil Bank as Tom Roberts’ Pinchbeck became the first-ever team from the Spalding Sunday League to lift the Lincs FA Sunday Cup with a 5-0 triumph over Thurlby United. Tommy Treacher fired the quadruple-chasing side into the lead, ...

An amazing eight club records and 22 personal best times (PB) were clocked by Nene Valley Harriers athletes at the first Southern Athletics League match of the season. Despite a strong wind on the second bend and into the faces of the cage throwers, the athletes performed well at Colchester and were just pipped by a single point into second ...

Simple FC secured an instant return to the top tier on The Spalding and South Holland Voice 6 a-side league on Monday night as they clinched promotion a week earlier than expected. Their 12-0 thumping of bottom-placed Hardly Athletic was the final game of the night at Surfleet’s Glen Park – and was as one-sided as expected. Carlos Costa was ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s top talents were in dominant form at the county finals held at Sleaford. The finals day included both men’s and ladies’ finals – with Spalding represented in eight of them. In the under-25s ladies’ singles, Chelsea Tomlin beat Katy Tointon 21-8. Tomlin also won the ladies’ singles courtesy of a 21-11 victory over Lin Mountain. Ashley ...

Spalding Golf Club’s top men’s team suffered a heavy loss in their latest league match. There was disappointment for Andy Grimwood and his depleted first team, who suffered a hefty 4.5-1.5 defeat at Belton Park. The Spalding points came from Grimwood and Miles Foden, with Lloyd Chatham and Chris Moxon halving their game. The absence of seven regular first teamers ...

Spalding Town Cricket Club are still looking for their first win of the Lincs ECB Premier League season after being handed a 117-run defeat at Bracebridge Heath on Saturday. Hosts Bracebridge clubbed 350-3 after winning the toss and deciding to bat, with Nick John (137), Brett Houston (98) and Paul Cook (86) all making big scores. The returning Nuwan Jayasena ...

A Josh Ford hat-trick steered Pinchbeck United Sunday to their own slice of history at the weekend. The prolific striker starred at Sincil Bank as Tom Roberts’ Pinchbeck became the first-ever team from the Spalding Sunday League to lift the Lincs FA Sunday Cup with a 5-0 triumph over Thurlby United. Tommy Treacher fired the quadruple-chasing side into the lead, ...

Holbeach United 1 Harborough Town 1 Darren Jarvis has admitted that he was frustrated to see his Holbeach United finish the UCL Premier Division season with a draw – despite it being enough to clinch fourth place. The Tigers fell behind against lowly Harborough Town on Saturday when Ben Williams capitalised on some sub-standard defending to head home on 20 ...

A 3-0 defeat at Romulus saw Spalding United miss out on a place in the Evo-Stik League First Division South play-offs on Saturday, while Holbeach United clinched fourth place in the UCL Premier Division with a 1-1 draw against Harborough Town. Victory was a must for the Tulips on the final day of the season, but they continued their recent ...

Pinchbeck United Sunday can make their own piece of footballing history this weekend. Tom Roberts’ side travel to Lincoln City’s Sincil Bank stadium on Sunday for the PFA Sunday Cup final against Thurlby United (11am). Should they prevail, Pinchbeck will become the first-ever side from the Spalding Sunday League to get their hands on the county cup. Having already won ...

Holbeach United are being urged to end their season on a high at Carter’s Park on Saturday. The Tigers welcome relegation-threatened Harborough Town in their 40th and final UCL Premier Division match of a very up and down campaign (3pm), knowing that a win will guarantee them fourth place in the table. Victories have been hard to come by for ...

by Andrew Tidswell Elite Sports Academy MD and Holbeach United player Last week I found myself in a position where I was taking to the pitch for Holbeach United as a goalkeeper. The bizarre events unfolded as, less than an hour before kick-off, it was confirmed we had no recognised keeper for our tough home fixture against the league’s leading ...

Moulton Harrox suffered extra-time heartache as they lost the Lincs FA Junior Cup 2-1 to Hykeham Town after extra time on Wednesday night. The Sincil Bank final was goalless after 90 minutes, but only because Moulton keeper Lee Kenealy saved Steve Mehta’s penalty late in the first period. That changed when Matt Easton’s back-post finish (101) fired the Sills & ...

In association with the Bowls Development Alliance (BDA) and Lincolnshire Sport, the Spalding Indoor Bowls Club are hosting a club open day, at the Castle Sports Complex on Sunday (10am-4pm). Coaches, volunteers and existing bowlers will be on hand during the day for this fun and informal event hosted by one of South Holland’s most successful clubs. The open day ...

Just a week after a potentially season-defining win, Tulips B fell back into the clutches of their rivals in the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One title race. The leaders were beaten 4-2 by an inspired Long Sutton A side, who were boosted by a stellar performance from guest player Dan Mayfield (O28). He beat Joe Garland (scr) in ...

Ben Wilson moved up to fifth in the British Supersport Championship rider standings with a pair of sixth-place finishes at Brands Hatch over the weekend. Free practice and qualifying didn’t quite go to plan and the Kirton racer found himself down in 13th place to start Saturday’s sprint race from a fifth-row grid position. But as the lights went out ...

Tividale 1 Spalding United 1 Fuming Spalding United supremo Pat Rayment reckons that his side have blown their chance of reaching the Evo-Stik League First Division South play-offs after being held at Tividale on Tuesday night. All looked to be going to plan for the Tulips when Matt Nolan fired them ahead on 35 minutes at The Beeches. The big ...